Artificial fish bait



Jan. 15, 1935.

J. NYGAARD ARTIFICIAL FI SH BAIT Filed July 24, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. JO'HAN NYGAARD CUQVM ATTORNEYS.

Jan. 15, 1935. J; NYGAARD 1,988,249

ARTIFICIAL FISH BAIT Filed July 24, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l l W I; v l

5 I INVENTOR. JOHAN NYGAARD GVQwm I ATTORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 15, 1935 UNITED TAT T mam.

The'pr'esent invention relates'to artificial fish bait and, more particularly, to an improved-fish bait especially adapted for'use'in surface fishing by theseineinethod. 3 r r r i It is well known that in the seinefmethod' or surface fishing. it'is necessary to attract the fish to within say 7 to fathoms' of the surface of" the water to make it possible to lower nets and then to encir'cle'and catch the'fish. 'Heretofore,-' when the-fish were below the fishing-depths, white rags or other baits were used in order 'to' lure'the school of fish" to thesurfaceu Prior baits 'of -the foregoingtype had'serious disad vantages. The "more important disadvantages were lack of brightness dueto insuflicient light imparted thereto, especially on dark days, unattractiveness of the bait generally,"and'inability of the bait to-simulate activeand moving lifelike worms, eels and the like." Although many. attempts have been made to overcome the aforesaid disadvantages, none, as far as I am awa e," has been completely satisfactory andsuccessful in practical 'fishing. p V 7 i It is an object of the present invention to provide an artificial fish bait which" willeffectively lure a'school of fish to the'surfac ofthe'waten and mine vicinity of the bait.

It is another object of the present inventionto provide a combination of coils simulating an active mass ofworms; eels or the like which will attract a school or large body of fish.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an artificial fish bait capable of being illuminated in order to enhance the attractiveness of the bait to give the bait an appearance of moving life.

It is also within the contemplation of. the invention to provide an artificial fish bait capable of being held in its proper position in the water and of being provided with a connectio for electrical energy.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of an artificial bait embodying the present invention and showing its position in the water.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the fish bait of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, enlarged, elevational view of the fish bait illustrated in Fig. 1 showing the position of an electric light and its relation to the coils. r

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, referthen to a boat; such as a fishing skifi. In'jc FISH BAIT ence characterll designates a hollow-shaft whichv acts as a support for the, device, which .is pref: era'bly made of a non-corrosive-metal or alloy; P a t a a 0 el ka a d. w i h divided. into an upper and lower section...- h66i *5 7 sections are connectedin some suitable manner;

such as by means of a plurality;;of;bentsmetalguards'A which form an open chamberior; lighting equipment andwhich are secured to. 1 ;h eu per section. at end2 andto the, lower section. l0; atend .3. p r .i Into end 2. a hollowreducing nipple5imay i screwed which is adapted to coact Withalla hold a"la'mpsocket 6 for anelectric lampfl g sur rounding the lamp and fastened to" the socket by i5 suitable water' tigh t ffrne'ans .is" a glass globe; 8. which may be ccilorcl., or decorated {,inorder' t i enhance its,attractivenessjfor,.fis protector; 9 jencloscs ggl be "s aridlguard's same. In this manner, the lampequi n11 given good protectionagainstthe water. rid

ternal forces? I p p 4 [Closing the tbplbfltheshaft is a cap'lO is preferably screwed on and which 'm'ay'lbe pr a vided with an eye, bolt ll fora suspension ca e 25 orrope 122 This rope extends to a fioatjlti", an

tairi cases; a the; rope r'nay extendf directl'y;tojthe fishing boat; from which the artific'ialib p it ma be 3 raised and lowered as the fish are attractedf' 30, thereto. I

For the purpose of electrically connecting the lamp 7 with an external electrical'source, an insulated wire 14 extends from the boat on which the electrical source is located to the float and 35' then to the cap 10 which is provided with a water-tight port 16. From the cap, the wire passes internally through the shaft 1 and the reducing nipple to the lamp socket. It is preferred to use a well insulated double cable for 4 the purpose. I 1

Wound around the shaft, is a twisted coil resembling a mass of worms, eels and the like. In the present instance, three coils are shown, which preferably are wound in opposite direc- 45 tions. An outer coil 20 is fastened at each end to the central shaft by metal annular rings 21 and 22. The ring 21 to which the upper end, of coil 20 is fastened, is located preferably just below the cap 10 and is so constructed that the coil is free to revolve around the shaft. Likewise ring 22 to which the lower end of the coil 20 is secured is located just above, the cap .18 at the bottom of the shaft. In like manner rings 23 and 24 are providedin order to. secure inter- 5 coils are assured of free rotation, thus permit-I ting the coils to rotate in opposite directions'as the varied and different currents in the ,water strike and pass through them. As the volve in opposite directions the lightofthe. electric lamp and/or the daylight playing on the f 1.. H. shiny sur aces of the cons they slmuhte the ity of coils twisted in opposite directions, a centwisting, wriggling and turning of a live mass of worms, eels-andthe like." Live action and color isimpa-rted to the present'bait, thus making it attractive and alluring-to the fish. When they see the bait in the upper surfaces of thewater, they -are i'rnm'ediately attracted by it and in a body the "school tends to make its waytoward it. To facilitatethe operation of bringing the fish to the surface of the water the bait may be. raised as the fish come toward it. Nets are then ina large circle surrounding the artificial bait and whenthe fish are near enough to jth'e surface of the water the seine' is closed in't-he bottomthereby making it impossible for thefish to escape.- v

"It'is. to be observed that the present inventionffprovides an illuminated combination. of coilsj s'imulating alive active school of eels or the like'fto. which. fish are attracted bringing them .up"to"thesurface of the water'where they may It islikewise to be noted that they present 'invention provides'an artificial fish. baitwhichis cal .to manufacture. Although the .present invention has simple in] design, easy to operate and econorrtib}? resorted,to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as described inthe appended claims. Thus, the coils may be. provided with screwed unions or the like to permit the dismantling and assembly of the coil and the internal structure Then again, it may be preferred to omit the use of the lower portion 3 of the shaft and fasten the lower ends of the coils to acommon stem, thus mounting the lighting equipment entirely theupper shaft the coils. may. ha'vefl'a: surface. coating?" of ran, illuminating material, such as phosphorescent paint, ietci, thereby eliminating the electric light and equipment I therefor.

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4 \n;. artiflcial fish bait comprising a twisted coil resembling a mass of worms and an artifi- ---eia l -light' moiintedw-ithin said coil.

including the light. 1

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